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Request for transfer of jurisdiction in public law proceedings pursuant to Article 9 of the 1996 Hague Convention

Request for transfer of jurisdiction in public law proceedings pursuant to Article 9 of the 1996 Hague Convention

The following Family news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Request for transfer of jurisdiction in public law proceedings pursuant to Article 9 of the 1996 Hague Convention

Admissibility of expert evidence in procurement challenges ( R (on the application of Good Law Project Ltd) v Minister for the Cabinet Office)

Admissibility of expert evidence in procurement challenges ( R (on the application of Good Law Project Ltd) v Minister for the Cabinet Office)

The following Construction news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Admissibility of expert evidence in procurement challenges ( R (on the application of Good Law Project Ltd) v Minister for the Cabinet Office)

Student misconduct investigations—what is trending?

Student misconduct investigations—what is trending?

The following Local Government news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Student misconduct investigations—what is trending?

Local Government weekly highlights—29 July 2021

Local Government weekly highlights—29 July 2021

The following Local Government news provides comprehensive and up to date legal information on Local Government weekly highlights—29 July 2021

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Arms length management organisations (ALMOs)

Arms length management organisations (ALMOs)

Arms length management organisations (ALMOs)An arms length management organisation (ALMO) is a not-for-profit company that provides housing services...

Professional Standards Authority

Professional Standards Authority

Professional Standards AuthorityWhat is the Professional Standards Authority?The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) oversees the work of the UK’s...

Reversionary lease by reference

Reversionary lease by reference

 LR1. Date of the lease[date]LR2. Title Number(s)LR2.1 Landlord's title number(s)[title numbers out of which this Lease is granted. Leave blank if not...

Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for commercial property in Scotland

Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for commercial property in Scotland

Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for commercial property in ScotlandHow do EPCs apply to commercial property in Scotland?This Practice Note...

Practice notes

Judicial review—time limits and the pre-action protocol

Judicial review—time limits and the pre-action protocolWhen considering whether and how to bring a claim for judicial review, the first step is to...
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Produced in partnership with Matthew Purchase of Matrix Chambers and Dr Mirza Ahmad of St Philips Chambers 19th May
Practice notes

Highways, street works and statutory undertakers

Highways, street works and statutory undertakersCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on matters that have temporarily been...
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Produced in partnership with Nicholas Hancox of Nicholas Hancox Solicitors Ltd and Alistair Frew of Lodders LLP 19th May
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Off-street parking orders

Off-street parking ordersSTOP PRESS: the Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Act 2017 came into force on 27 June 2017 and has introduced a change to...
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19th May
Practice notes

Malicious falsehood

This Practice Note provides an introduction to the tort of malicious falsehood. Unlike a claim for defamation, there is no requirement in a claim for...
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Produced in partnership with 5RB 19th May
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Practice notes

How to obtain a writ of control—High Court judgments

How to obtain a writ of control—High Court judgmentsThis Practice Note concerns provisions of the CPR and related legislation (The Tribunals, Courts...
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19th May
Practice notes

Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]

Brexit—exiting the EU under Article 50 [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice Note contains...
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Produced in partnership with Adam Cygan of University of Leicester 19th May
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Q&As

What is the purposive approach to statutory interpretation?

What is the purposive approach to statutory interpretation?Purposive (teleological) constructionThe purposive approach has its roots in legal systems...
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19th May
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What effect does the service of a notice of seeking possession (NOSP) have on the legal status of a secure tenant? When does a secure tenancy end, on service of NOSP or on granting of the eviction order?

What effect does the service of a notice of seeking possession (NOSP) have on the legal status of a secure tenant? When does a secure tenancy end, on...
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Produced in partnership with Alex Campbell of Field Court Chambers 19th May
Practice notes

Call-off procedures under framework agreements

Call-off procedures under framework agreementsBrexit impact—public procurementThe UK public procurement regime derives from EU public procurement...
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Produced in partnership with Mr Andrew Millross of Anthony Collins Solicitors 19th May
Practice notes

Demoted tenancies

Demoted tenanciesCoronavirus (COVID-19): During the current pandemic, legislation and changes to practice and procedure in the courts and tribunals...
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19th May
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Assignment and succession of tenancy

Assignment and succession of tenancyCoronavirus (COVID-19): During the current pandemic, legislation and changes to practice and procedure in the...
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Produced in partnership with Morayo Fagborun Bennett of Hardwicke Chambers 19th May
Practice notes

Sexual entertainment licensing

Sexual entertainment licensingWhat is a sex establishmentThe Local Government (Miscellaneous Provision) Act 1982 (as amended) (LG(MP)A 1982) creates...
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Produced in partnership with Chris Grunert of John Gaunt Solicitors 19th May
Practice notes

The standstill period

The standstill periodWhat is the standstill period?When a contracting authority reaches its decision on the award of a public contract subject to the...
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Produced in partnership with Lee Digings of Lee Digings Associates 19th May
Practice notes

Child protection conferences

Child protection conferencesPlease note the information in this Practice Note relates to the current law in England. The law in Wales in this area is...
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Produced in partnership with Claire Cousin 19th May
Practice notes

Teacher serious misconduct in England

Teacher serious misconduct in EnglandCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects impacted by the Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA...
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19th May
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Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST)

Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal (SENDIST)Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects impacted by the...
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Produced in partnership with Shazia Akhtar of Hardwicke Chambers 19th May

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Coronavirus (COVID-19)—children’s social care tracker

Coronavirus (COVID-19)—children’s social care trackerThis tracker is focused on children’s social care and is intended to be used to track key...
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3rd Aug
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Practice notes

Vulnerable persons—participation and evidence in family proceedings

Vulnerable persons—participation and evidence in family proceedingsCoronavirus (COVID-19): Guidance has been issued, including by the President of the...
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2nd Aug
Q&As

Do local authorities have any legal responsibilities for funding the provision of equipment and adaptations for children with disabilities residing in residential care homes?

Do local authorities have any legal responsibilities for funding the provision of equipment and adaptations for children with disabilities residing in...
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1st Aug
Q&As

Assuming that an arrangement under section 20 of the Children Act 1989 can only be ended by a parent expressly objecting to the continuation of section 20 and that parent being both willing and objectively able to accommodate the child themselves, is it right that a looked after child (LAC) under section 20 who attends a 38-week residential school placement returns home because the child’s school is closed due to coronavirus (COVID-19) (for two weeks) retains LAC status?

Assuming that an arrangement under section 20 of the Children Act 1989 can only be ended by a parent expressly objecting to the continuation of...
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Produced in partnership with Katherine Illsley of 4 King’s Bench Walk 1st Aug
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Can I extend the 26–week time limit for care proceedings? If so, how?

Can I extend the 26–week time limit for care proceedings? If so, how? Section 32(1)(a) of the Children Act 1989 (ChA 1989) requires the court to draw...
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Produced in partnership with Katherine Illsley of 4 King’s Bench Walk 1st Aug
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Where a parent who lives in another jurisdiction is to be assessed for the purposes of public children care proceedings, what is the procedure to arrange the assessment and which country would undertake the assessment? Is it the parent’s home country or the country in which the proceedings are based?

Where a parent who lives in another jurisdiction is to be assessed for the purposes of public children care proceedings, what is the procedure to...
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Produced in partnership with Katherine Illsley of 4 King’s Bench Walk 1st Aug
Q&As

Can the local authority continue care planning in line with a persons assessed age (not their claimed age), until receipt of a Judicial Review claim challenging the age assessment decision?

Can the local authority continue care planning in line with a persons assessed age (not their claimed age), until receipt of a Judicial Review claim...
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1st Aug
Q&As

Foster carers have been approved by the fostering panel to adopt, but, following their approval, further information came to light which had to be investigated. The investigation was completed and an addendum report supported approval. Does the case have to go back to the fostering panel or to the agency decision maker? What are the regulations underpinning this?

Foster carers have been approved by the fostering panel to adopt, but, following their approval, further information came to light which had to be...
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1st Aug
Q&As

What powers does a local authority have to compel an academy to admit a looked after child who has moved foster placement during the school year, where the academy refuses to admit?

What powers does a local authority have to compel an academy to admit a looked after child who has moved foster placement during the school year,...
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1st Aug
Q&As

Does section 1 of Children and Young Persons Act 2008 allow local authorities to delegate care functions to a charity?

Does section 1 of Children and Young Persons Act 2008 allow local authorities to delegate care functions to a charity?Section 1 of the Children and...
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1st Aug
Q&As

Are there any rules around the recording of Child Protection Conferences? Can individuals record them via an electronic device despite the usual warning from the IRO about this? What offences might be committed?

Are there any rules around the recording of Child Protection Conferences? Can individuals record them via an electronic device despite the usual...
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Produced in partnership with Katherine Illsley of 4 King’s Bench Walk 1st Aug
Q&As

In what circumstances can a local authority be requested to assist the court in a private law children's action?

In what circumstances can a local authority be requested to assist the court in a private law children's action?There a number of ways in which a...
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Produced in partnership with Katherine Illsley of 4 King’s Bench Walk 1st Aug
Q&As

If a child lived in one area for most of their life and while an application for a Supervision Order was ongoing, then moved to a new area, which local authority has responsibility for supervision?

If a child lived in one area for most of their life and while an application for a Supervision Order was ongoing, then moved to a new area, which...
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1st Aug
Q&As

Does a local authority have an obligation to provide continued respite services to a child with severe learning difficulties and autism who has reached 18 and the child’s parents have requested continuation of these services?

Does a local authority have an obligation to provide continued respite services to a child with severe learning difficulties and autism who has...
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1st Aug
Q&As

Where a local authority proposes indirect contact only in relation to a looked after child, is an order required under section 34(4) of the Children Act 1989 authorising the local authority to do so?

Where a local authority proposes indirect contact only in relation to a looked after child, is an order required under section 34(4) of the Children...
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Produced in partnership with Katherine Illsley of 4 King’s Bench Walk 1st Aug
Q&As

Can a local authority be compelled to accommodate a child who is on the cusp of being beyond parental control where the adoption placement has broken down? What remedies are available to the adoptive parents in such situation?

Can a local authority be compelled to accommodate a child who is on the cusp of being beyond parental control where the adoption placement has broken...
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Produced in partnership with Chris Bryden of 4 King’s Bench Walk 1st Aug
Q&As

A child was placed with kinship carers by local authority (LA) A, which subsequently agreed to another child being placed with the same carers by LA B pending an assessment of the carers as to their suitability to be foster carers. The care plan for both children is for special guardianship orders to be made. In such circumstances, which local authority should deal with the foster care temporary approval and reviews for the second child?

A child was placed with kinship carers by local authority (LA) A, which subsequently agreed to another child being placed with the same carers by LA B...
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Produced in partnership with Tori Adams of 4 King’s Bench Walk 1st Aug
Q&As

What powers, duties and options do a local authority have to protect a child they suspect is vulnerable to child sexual exploitation?

What powers, duties and options do a local authority have to protect a child they suspect is vulnerable to child sexual exploitation?A helpful...
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Produced in partnership with Matthew Haynes of St Ives Chambers 1st Aug
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Are there any exceptions to the general rule that a Zambrano carer of a British citizen child cannot access mainstream benefits?

Are there any exceptions to the general rule that a Zambrano carer of a British citizen child cannot access mainstream benefits?A right of residence...
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Produced in partnership with Gary McIndoe of Latitude Law 31st Jul
Q&As

Local authorities have the discretion to make child arrangements order allowances under the Children Act 1989. Is there any guidance that deals with challenges to their decision to issue the allowance?

Local authorities have the discretion to make child arrangements order allowances under the Children Act 1989. Is there any guidance that deals with...
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31st Jul

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